Last year around this time, Virginia governor Ralph Northam (D) was fighting for his political life due to his blackface yearbook photo and casual endorsement of infanticide.  In addition, his lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax (D), was defending himself against credible accusations of rape while a separate blackface incident had tarnished Attorney General Mark Herring (D).  The future of all three was in doubt, so each kept a low public profile most of 2019.   A year later, the political future of these three tarnished leaders shines brightly because in January 2020, the newly blue Virginia Assembly and Senate took full control.  Suddenly, they were needed again to help pass the radical leftist agenda pushed by the new delegates.  So far, they are succeeding in fundamentally transforming once conservative Virginia into California rather than nearby left-leaning Maryland.  Then along came the coronavirus...(Read Full Post)